Airborne Science Instrument Database

The Airborne Science Instrument Database provides details on the science instruments that have been used as part of NASA-funded airborne research.

To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.

Currently displayed: instruments 221 - 240 of 356.
Title Acronym Sort ascending Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Digital Camera System DCS (Mgr) B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer DCALS (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CH3OH; CH2O
Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar DAWN (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Lidar Line of Sight Wind Speed; Vector Wind Speed and Direction; Aerosol Backscattering
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe DASH-SP (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Differential mobility; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol
Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement DACOM (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CO; CH4; CO2
Dropsondes - DC-8 D8D (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Dropsonde Temperature
Delay-Doppler Phase-monopulse Radar D2P (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Altitude
Counterflow Virtual Impactor CVI (PI) Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor Cloud Liquid Water Content
CSU QC-TILDAS Ammonia CSU-NH3 (Co-I) NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) NH3
Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor CSI (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor; Spectrometer (in situ) Cloud Liquid Water Content; H2O (total)
Cryogenic Hygrometer CRYO (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC H2O
Cloud Radar System CRS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Compact Raman Lidar CRL (PI) University of Wyoming King Air; NSF/NCAR C-130; WP-3D Orion - NOAA Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Cloud Physics Lidar CPL (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Lidar Attenuated backscatter; linear depolarization ratio; cloud extinction coefficient; Aerosol Optical Depth
Cloud Particle Imager CPI (PI) Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle phase; habit; Imagery
Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement CPFM (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer; Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer CoSSIR (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer CoSMIR (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames COMA (Mgr) P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO; N2O; H2O
Carbon Oxide Laser Detector 2 COLD 2 (PI) WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO and N2O

 

Disclaimer: This material is being kept online for historical purposes. Though accurate at the time of publication, it is no longer being updated. The page may contain broken links or outdated information, and parts may not function in current web browsers. Visit https://espo.nasa.gov for information about our current projects.